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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 67

Hopes Shattered. Mount Morgan Mine. Rumour Proved Groundless. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 14

The rumour that two officials of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company have been looking over Mount Morgan mine, with a view to purchasing it…

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Paying Men Off. Slackness in Coal Trade. Serious Position at Cessnock. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 14

The serious falling off in the coal trade is having an effect of reducing employment. The men at Aberdare South…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 6

Only two collieries of tho Newcastle and Maitland coalfields recorded full time of eleven days for the fortnight ended on saturday last,…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Glen Avr Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the Glen Ayr Lodge will be held to-morrow (Tuesday), at 10.30 a.m. District advice will be tendered…

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Trouble Looming. Coal Mining Industry. Mr. Davies' Fears

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 7

That trouble was looming in the coal-mining industry was the statement made by Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Miners'…

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Mines Rescue Act. Amendments Desired

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 9

Mr. A. Teece, treasurer of the Miners' Federation, stated that a conference arranged by Mr. J. M. Baddeley would take place in…

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The Doom of Coal London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2

Frank Hodges, lecturing at Copenhagen, declared that within a decade no coal will be used, as oil will have superseded it…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 4

The proposal of the Colliery Mechanics Association to hold stop work meetings has been abandoned. These were to have been held to…

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Trade Slackness Four Collieries Idle. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 4

Four collieries are idle in Cessnock district to-day, through slackness of trade, viz., Cessnock No. 2, Neath, Abermain No. w, and…

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Mines Rescue Act Deputation to Minister. Amended Conditions Sought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 2

A deputation from the northern, southern, and western branches of Miners' Federation spent about two hours. with the Minister for…

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Coal Down. Reduction of Sixpence. Family Endowment Tax Suspension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 3

The Northern Collieries' Association has decided to reduce the price of coal by sixpence a ton. Mr. C. M. McDonald said that in…

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Richmond Main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 4

An instruction has been issued to the manager of the Richmond Main Colliery, that with regard to future stoppages and grievances, he must…

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Trouble Looming. Coal Mining Industry. Mr. Davies' Fears

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

That trouble was looming in the coal-mining industry was the statement made by Mr. D. J. Davies, General Secretary of the Miners'…

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The Coal Mining Industry. Pertinent Question in Parliament

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly M. Booth asked in view of the intermittent work in the mines of the South Maitland coalfields, and the tact that…

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Colliery Dam Drowning. Coronial Inquiry

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 7

The circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond Roy Beverley. [?] age, who was drowned in Aberdare Extended Colliery dam on Sunday…

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Central Colliery Idle Horses Again Brought Up

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 10

Aberdare Central Colliery, which has worked intermittently of late, was idle again to-day, when, ominously enough, the horses were again…

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East Greta Coal Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 4

Much-improved results attended operations of East Greta Coal Co. during the year, ended September 30 last. Net profit for the period is…

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Family Endowment Act and Price of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 11

Mr. Booth asked in the Assembly had the Premier's attention been drawn to the fact that quite recently an increase of 6d. per ton took place…

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Trouble Looming. Coal Mining Industry. Mr. Davies' Fears

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1927 · page 16

That trouble was looming in the coal-mining industry was the statement made by Mr. D. J. Davles, general secretary of the Miners…

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